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Man Who Sold Fentanyl, Heroin That Killed Ocean County User Gets 7 Years In Prison Man Who Sold Fentanyl, Heroin That Killed Ocean County User Gets 7 Years In Prison
Man Who Sold Fentanyl, Heroin That Killed Ocean County User Gets 7 Years In Prison A Lacey Township resident who sold a mix of heroin and fentanyl that killed a 25-year-old Berkeley man last spring must spend nearly six years in state prison before he’s eligible for parole. Charles Rice, 58, was sentenced Friday in Toms River to a plea-bargained seven years behind bars, 85 percent of which he must serve under New Jersey’s No Early Release Act, for manslaughter, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Superior Court Judge Rochelle Gizinski also sentenced Rice to a concurrent six-year sentence for distributing heroin and fentanyl. Rice pleaded guilty to both cha…

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